PoliticsNation   |  March 19, 2013

McConnell: GOP is not the 'millionaire, billionaire party'

Reverend Al Sharpton says “gotcha” to Senator Mitch McConnell who says it’s ridiculous to believe that Republicans favor the wealthy.

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>>> wants everyone to know, the gop is not a party for the rich.

>> don't tell me republicans are the party of millionaires and billionaires when obama's campaign arm is charging people a half a million dollars for a meeting over near the white house . we're for millionaires and billionaires? come on.

>> come on! how republicans are the party of billionaires and millionaires? forget that a new study shows paul ryan 's budget could cut millionaires' taxes by $200,000. and what a coincidence, eight of the ten largest individual donors of the 2012 election were republicans. and the american people must have it wrong, too. a new poll finds 68% believe republicans favor the wealthy. senator mcconnell, this could be a problem. he's heading to palm beach this week for a fundraiser, hosted by hillary and wilbur ross . guess what? wilbur ross , say it with me, is a billionaire. did senator mcconnell think all the republicans' funny money would hide the truth about who they're really working for? nice try. but we got